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ArticleJournal of immigrant and minority health2023

Consequences of the 2019 Public Charge Rule Announcement and Publication on Prenatal WIC Participation Among Immigrant Families: Evidence of Spillover Effects.

Sung W Choi, Sujeong Park, Abena Duah, Kyungha Kim, Mingean Park

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Article in Journal of immigrant and minority health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. "This is Going to Get Worse": Immigrant Reactions to the Public Charge Rule in a Large Northeastern City.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2026
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  3. Settlement Duration Matters: Deportation Threat and Safety Net Participation Among Mixed-Status Families.The Russell Sage Foundation journal of the social sciences : RSF · 2025
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Sung W ChoiSchool of Public Affairs, Pennsylvania State University - Harrisburg, 777 West Harrisburg Pike, Middletown, PA, 17057, USA. sxc835@psu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9990-762X
Sujeong ParkSchool of Public Affairs, Pennsylvania State University - Harrisburg, 777 West Harrisburg Pike, Middletown, PA, 17057, USA.
Abena DuahSchool of Public Affairs, Pennsylvania State University - Harrisburg, 777 West Harrisburg Pike, Middletown, PA, 17057, USA.
Kyungha KimDepartment of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research, University of Maryland - Baltimore, 220 Arch Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA.
Mingean ParkSchool of Public Affairs, Pennsylvania State University - Harrisburg, 777 West Harrisburg Pike, Middletown, PA, 17057, USA.
Pennsylvania State University · USPennsylvania Department of Agriculture · USUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study analyzed the effects of the announcement and publication of the 2019 Public Charge Rule on participation of the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children (WIC) among pregnant immigrants. A difference-in-differences approach was used to analyze the changes in prenatal WIC participation before and after the 2019 Public Charge Rule announcement and publication among immigrants relative to US natives. We identified 17,623,683 live singletons born in a hospital from 2015 to 2019. Compared to US natives, the odds of prenatal WIC participation among immigrants were 11.4% lower after the 2019 Public Charge Rule announcement, and 19% lower after the final rule was published. The results of this study suggest that pregnant immigrants may decide not to participate in the WIC program due to the fear of jeopardizing their immigration status after the announcement and publication of the 2019 Public Charge Rule.

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Emigrants and ImmigrantsFood AssistanceChildFemaleHumansInfantPregnancy2019 Public Charge RuleChild and family healthImmigrant healthNutrition assistanceSpecial supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children

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PMID37530903
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